Brian Gaine, Bill O'Brien show coordinated effort in Texans draft

Brian Gaine, Bill O'Brien show coordinated effort in Texans draft

One of the big takeaways from Brian Gaine’s first draft season as Houston Texans is how well he works with Texans coach Bill O’Brien. Gaine and O’Brien have a clear shared vision for the team and how to get to achieving it together.

That was not always the case with coach O’Brien and Gaine’s predecessor, Rick Smith. The pair often did not see eye to eye on player evaluations or acquisitions, notably in the quarterback department. Smith’s draft picks didn’t always fit what O’Brien wanted for his schemes.

That problem appears remedied, as much as we can tell from the draft and free agency. Both men have talked openly about how closely aligned their philosophies are and how they genuinely like one another.

“We have a lot of the same philosophy as to how to build a football culture, a football team. We believe in the same things,” O’Brien said via Pro Football Talk. “There’s a lot of common language that we use and we talk all the time. We communicate really well.”

Gaine echoed the sentiment,

“Bill spends a lot of time evaluating the players, too. We had the head start with the Senior Bowl, of course, with our coaches coaching in the game. To Bill’s credit, he spends a lot of time evaluating the players, watching the tape, but as well as the coaches. Bill then [builds a] consensus with his coaching staff and then the two of us come together and we blend our vision for the player, the prospect.”

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